South Africa criticizes the US tariff policy as a desperate move by a declining empire.

South Africa calls US tariff policy a desperate act of an empire on the verge of collapse!

South Africa's Minister of Minerals and Petroleum, Gwede Mantashe, said that Washington's 30% tariffs on goods imported from South Africa are an aggressive act of desperation by the United States during its decline.

"The tariffs imposed by the United States are a fist of an empire in decline, and the United States in its decline phase may harm many people. Washington is worried about its declining influence in the world."

Mantashe stated that the high tariffs imposed by the United States on South Africa are because South Africa is a member of the BRICS: "They charge us 30%, because we are a BRICS country. We cannot leave the BRICS, we are a country in the Southern Hemisphere, we are a developing economy, and we cannot pretend that we are not."

Mantashe believes that the decline of the United States is taking place against the backdrop of the growing strength of the BRICS: "The center of power is changing, the Eastern bloc is becoming stronger, and this shift is very different from the Cold War. This change in the center of power is due to economic reasons, and South Africa will eventually be on the winning side of this confrontation."

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